John ernest kennedy



No. 625,266. Patented May I6, |899.

J. E. KENNEDY. .SLIDING DUUR FR WARDBDBES.

(Application led Oct. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.) I

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0F MONTREAL, CANADA.

SLIDING DOOR FOR WARDROBES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,266, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed October 11,1898.

T0 all whom, t may concern/.-

Beitknown that I, JOHN ERNEST KENNEDY, of the city of Montreal, in the county of Hochelaga, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Doors for Wardrobes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in doors for wardrobes; and the object of the invention is to devise a form of door and supporting-frame therefor which may be held in a secure position out of the way and without taking any floor-space when the wardrobe is opened and also securely held i-n closed position to close the wardrobe; and it consists, essentially, of adoor hinged toasuitable recedable frame supported on suitable guidebars at the top, such frame being provided at the back with a counterbalance-weight to hold the door in when it is swung around on a line with the frame, such door being also provided with a handle whereby it may be held closed when pulled out to the face of the wardrobe and swung back into position to close the entrance thereto, the parts being constructed and arranged in detail, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a sectional perspective view, partially broken away, exhibiting the parts involved in my invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection through the front of a couple of sections of the wardrobe. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of that portion of the door containing the manipulating and closing handle for the door. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the handle portion of the door.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the top of the wardrobe, and A is the front top board.

B is the back, and O is a board vertically placed behind the front board and extending from top to bottom and provided with an arcshaped side groove c.

D is the top rail, provided with a tongue d.

E is the supporting-frame for the door, preferably rectangular in form and provided with cross-braces e. The uprights e of the frame E extend past the uppermost bar e2 and are connected together at the top by a bar e3,

which is provided with a tongue e4, which is Serial No. 693,261. (No model.)

reversely formed to the tongue d on the rail D, so that such bar may slide thereon.

F is a pulley secured to the back B, and G is a cord provided with a weight g, such cord being fastened to the back upright e and passing over the pulley F. The front vertical upright e' of the frame is provided with a beveled edge, and the rear edge of the door is also beveled, so that when the door is closed no crack is revealed and when it is swung on a line with the frame it will pass around the arc-shaped vertical groove c until it abuts the front beveled edge of the frame.

H is the door, which is of any usual form, preferably paneled, and provided with hinges h near the top and bottom, respectively, whereby it may be swung at right angles to the frame E. One edge of the door abuts the frame, so that necessarily it can only be turned at right angles in the one way.

I is a plate screwed to the door H at the normal back thereof. The plate I is provided with a notch c' and a depending portion t", rounded at the inner end extending into such notch. y

.I is a block pivoted on the trunnions j at the top and bottom, the top one only being shown, so as to have ahorizontal swinging movement.

K is a crank-handle pivoted in the block J and having secured to the inner end thereof the plate K', which when the door is closed is in the position shown in Fig. 3-viz., the plate horizontal, corresponding to the handle K. The inner end of the plate projects over the side of the notch t' upon the plate I and the outer edge ts into a notch a in the vertical board C, extending between the doors of the wardrobe.

The inner side of the block J is rounded off at j', as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, and the recess h in the door is arc-shaped, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 4,- so as to permit the swinging of theblock .T from the position shown in full lines in Eig. 3 and dotted lines in Fig 4 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4.

In order to swing the block, of course it is necessary to turn the handle K, preferably vertically upwardly, whereby when the block is swung the plate K', being turned at right angles into the position shown in Fig. 4, is swung into the recess 3'2 in front of the arcshaped recess h in the door.

In order to unfasten the door, 'it is of course necessary to swing the handle into the vertical position, when the handle, which is in front of the door, as indicated in the second door shown in Fig.1 and as shown in Fig. 3, may be swung around so that it is opposite the edge of the door, when the door may be thrown back into line with the frame E and then pushed into the position shown in Fig. 1. The bottom portion of the door preferably does not run on any guide-rail, being 'sup-v ported at the top only, but runs between guiding-strips a', one only of which is shown, the other being on the opposite side of the door and frame.

It will be seen from this description that a forni of combined sliding and hinged door is provided, whereby none of the space of the wardrobe is taken up in which clothes may be hung aud also none of the floor-space outside the wardrobe is interfered with. This is an important desideratum where several wardrobes are utilized adjacent to each other in a shop, for which purpose my invention has been particularly designed.

lVhat I claim as my invention isl. In a wardrobe, in combination the side upright provided with an arc-shaped groove at the front edge thereof, the panel provided with a front beveled edge, the door hinged thereto and provided with a reversely-beveled edge designed to abut the beveled edge of the panel when swung open in alineinent as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a wardrobe, a panel recedabl-y supported therein, the door hinged thereto and provided with a recess in the locking style, a block provided with suitable trunnions journaled in the top and bottom of the recess and an L-shaped handle extending horizontally through the block and provided with'a lateral retaining projection on the inner end thereof as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a wardrobe, the combination with the panel and suitable guiding-supports therefor, ofthe vertical block pivoted on trunnions so as to swing laterally, the handle extendingthrough such block and pivotally supported therein and the retaining-plate secured to the inner end of the handle and extending parallel therewith and designed to swing therewith on the axis of the handle when horizontal and upon the axis of the block when in a Vertical position as and for the purpose specified.

^ JOHN ERNEST KENNEDY.- Witnesses:

FRANK PLUMMER,

CLARENCE MEDLEY. 

